diff --git a/apps/opencs/editor.cpp b/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
index 450b434e66..6699ccaaf5 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <components/debug/debuglog.hpp>
 #include <components/fallback/validate.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/rng.hpp>
 #include <components/nifosg/nifloader.hpp>
 
 #include "model/doc/document.hpp"
@@ -355,6 +356,8 @@ int CS::Editor::run()
     if (mLocal.empty())
         return 1;
 
+    Misc::Rng::init();
+
     mStartup.show();
 
     QApplication::setQuitOnLastWindowClosed (true);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index 6e2c76d1d8..f165b6bd3d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -190,12 +190,6 @@ namespace
         {
         }
 
-        RemoveFinishedCallbackVisitor(int effectId)
-            : RemoveVisitor()
-            , mHasMagicEffects(false)
-        {
-        }
-
         virtual void apply(osg::Node &node)
         {
             traverse(node);
@@ -228,9 +222,6 @@ namespace
         virtual void apply(osg::Geometry&)
         {
         }
-
-    private:
-        int mEffectId;
     };
 
     class RemoveCallbackVisitor : public RemoveVisitor
diff --git a/components/nifosg/particle.cpp b/components/nifosg/particle.cpp
index f5c055a15a..c1f6a2819b 100644
--- a/components/nifosg/particle.cpp
+++ b/components/nifosg/particle.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <osg/Geometry>
 
 #include <components/debug/debuglog.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/rng.hpp>
 #include <components/nif/controlled.hpp>
 #include <components/nif/nifkey.hpp>
 #include <components/nif/data.hpp>
@@ -81,17 +82,17 @@ ParticleShooter::ParticleShooter(const ParticleShooter &copy, const osg::CopyOp
 
 void ParticleShooter::shoot(osgParticle::Particle *particle) const
 {
-    float hdir = mHorizontalDir + mHorizontalAngle * (2.f * (std::rand() / static_cast<double>(RAND_MAX)) - 1.f);
-    float vdir = mVerticalDir + mVerticalAngle * (2.f * (std::rand() / static_cast<double>(RAND_MAX)) - 1.f);
+    float hdir = mHorizontalDir + mHorizontalAngle * (2.f * Misc::Rng::rollClosedProbability() - 1.f);
+    float vdir = mVerticalDir + mVerticalAngle * (2.f * Misc::Rng::rollClosedProbability() - 1.f);
 
     osg::Vec3f dir = (osg::Quat(vdir, osg::Vec3f(0,1,0)) * osg::Quat(hdir, osg::Vec3f(0,0,1)))
              * osg::Vec3f(0,0,1);
 
-    float vel = mMinSpeed + (mMaxSpeed - mMinSpeed) * std::rand() / static_cast<float>(RAND_MAX);
+    float vel = mMinSpeed + (mMaxSpeed - mMinSpeed) * Misc::Rng::rollClosedProbability();
     particle->setVelocity(dir * vel);
 
     // Not supposed to set this here, but there doesn't seem to be a better way of doing it
-    particle->setLifeTime(mLifetime + mLifetimeRandom * std::rand() / static_cast<float>(RAND_MAX));
+    particle->setLifeTime(mLifetime + mLifetimeRandom * Misc::Rng::rollClosedProbability());
 }
 
 GrowFadeAffector::GrowFadeAffector(float growTime, float fadeTime)
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ void Emitter::emitParticles(double dt)
 
     if (!mTargets.empty())
     {
-        int randomRecIndex = mTargets[(std::rand() / (static_cast<double>(RAND_MAX)+1.0)) * mTargets.size()];
+        int randomIndex = Misc::Rng::rollClosedProbability() * (mTargets.size() - 1);
+        int randomRecIndex = mTargets[randomIndex];
 
         // we could use a map here for faster lookup
         FindGroupByRecIndex visitor(randomRecIndex);
diff --git a/extern/oics/tinyxml.cpp b/extern/oics/tinyxml.cpp
index f1cdc81925..b61df85c87 100644
--- a/extern/oics/tinyxml.cpp
+++ b/extern/oics/tinyxml.cpp
@@ -1046,58 +1046,35 @@ bool TiXmlDocument::LoadFile( FILE* file, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	const char* lastPos = buf;
-	const char* p = buf;
+	const char* p = buf;	// the read head
+	char* q = buf;			// the write head
+	const char CR = 0x0d;
+	const char LF = 0x0a;
 
 	buf[length] = 0;
 	while( *p ) {
 		assert( p < (buf+length) );
-		if ( *p == 0xa ) {
-			// Newline character. No special rules for this. Append all the characters
-			// since the last string, and include the newline.
-			data.append( lastPos, (p-lastPos+1) );	// append, include the newline
-			++p;									// move past the newline
-			lastPos = p;							// and point to the new buffer (may be 0)
-			assert( p <= (buf+length) );
-		}
-		else if ( *p == 0xd ) {
-			// Carriage return. Append what we have so far, then
-			// handle moving forward in the buffer.
-			if ( (p-lastPos) > 0 ) {
-				data.append( lastPos, p-lastPos );	// do not add the CR
-			}
-			data += (char)0xa;						// a proper newline
+		assert( q <= (buf+length) );
+		assert( q <= p );
 
-			if ( *(p+1) == 0xa ) {
-				// Carriage return - new line sequence
-				p += 2;
-				lastPos = p;
-				assert( p <= (buf+length) );
-			}
-			else {
-				// it was followed by something else...that is presumably characters again.
-				++p;
-				lastPos = p;
-				assert( p <= (buf+length) );
+		if ( *p == CR ) {
+			*q++ = LF;
+			p++;
+			if ( *p == LF ) {		// check for CR+LF (and skip LF)
+				p++;
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			++p;
+			*q++ = *p++;
 		}
 	}
-	// Handle any left over characters.
-	if ( p-lastPos ) {
-		data.append( lastPos, p-lastPos );
-	}		
+	assert( q <= (buf+length) );
+	*q = 0;
+
+	Parse( buf, 0, encoding );
+
 	delete [] buf;
-	buf = 0;
-
-	Parse( data.c_str(), 0, encoding );
-
-	if (  Error() )
-		return false;
-	else
-		return true;
+	return !Error();
 }